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DRESS SHIELD. No. 460,825. Patented 00t.e,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC B. KLEINERT, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,825, dated October 6, 1891.

Application filed March 30, 1891. Serial No. 386,995. (No specimens.) y,

To aIZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IsAAc B. KLEINERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Shields, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. Y

This improvement relates more particularly to that class of shields which are formed of textile fabric lined with rubber; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and then definitely claimed.

The accompanying drawing shows a perspective view of a dress-shield constructed according to my improvement, with one corner turned up to show portions that would otherwise be hidden.

' In the ordinary dress-shield as commonly made the curved shape causes the portions of the edge about midway between the highest and lowest parts to curl over and lie in` wrinkles, thus leaving a partthat should be protected uncovered, besides injuring the wrinkled part of the shield and causing an uneasy feeling to the wearer owing to the wrinkle. To avoid this is the object of my invention, which I accomplish by making the sides and bottom of the shield substantially straight and preferably square, as shown.

In carrying out my invention I take two pieces of textile fabric A, (preferably woven,) each having three of its edges substantially straight and two of them preferably at right angles to the bottom one, and its upper portion curved in the usual form of the tops of dress-shields. These curved portions are united in any suitable way, but preferably by sewing, and their edges may be bound or hemmed, as desired, as shown at a. Between the two pieces I then set a double layer B of rubber or other approved waterproof material of the ordinary dress-shield shape, which I generally secure therein by sewing each layer to that part of the textile fabric nearest it by a line of sewing C, thus making a lining of water-proof material of the ordinary dressshield shape and size. This lining of waterproof material may be made of one piece, or

of two pieces joined at the curved edge, but preferably of a single piece, and it may be united by cement to the textile fabric or not, as desired, or be formed by coating the fabric in any known manner, to suit the taste of dealers or users. By this arrangement the entire surface of the shield covered by the water-proof lining is caused to lie dat, and thus the corresponding surface of the dress covered by the water-proof lining is bound to be reliably protected, the injury to the shield prevented, and discomfort to the wearer avoided. Another advantage is that the edges can be seamed securely into the seams of the waist without necessitating the puncturing of the body of the dress by the line of stitching around the curve of the dress-shield, which stitches must of necessity be very slight and therefore insecure, so that they are apt to break away, thus leaving the shield in a condition likely to be displaced by the motion of the body.

I do not limit myself to the exact shape shown, as the bottom may be slightly curved, or the bottom may be rather narrower than the top without departing from the spirit of my invention. Nor do I limit myself to a woven fabric, as stockinet may be used, if preferred, in which case I should prefer to make the textile fabric without seam at the inner curve and formed into shape in the usual manner; but in this case it would be advisable in the practical manufacture to make the protected part of the shield in the usual manner and then stitch onto it pieces to make the sides and bottom square. It may become a matter of economy in ordinary bound shields to have the squaring-piece separate 5 and, again, in expensive silk shields it may become a matter of strength as well as economy to attach to the silk shield proper a squaring piece of cot-ton fabric.

I am aware of the English Patent No. 17 ,721, of 1888, in which shields are shown with substantially straight edges; but in this case the water-proof material covers the entire shield. I am also aware of the United States Patent N o. 427,985, issued May 13, 1890, to Pierre P. Guillaume, in which the shield is of the ordinary form, but is provided with an attaching edge. I consider my invention as essentially different from both of these and as hav- IOO its concave curved edge fitting under the curved edge of the covering and its convex curved edges attached to the inner sides of the same at a distance from the straight edges, all substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affixV my signature in presence of two Witnesses this 28th day of March,- 1891.

ISAAC B. KLEINERT. Witnesses:

S. STEINHEIMER, ISRAEL JOEL. 

